. The street railway review . tary converter, running inverted, whichreceives direct cifrrenl at 500 volts from outside the exhibitiongrounds. The latest form of Wcstinghouse multiple control for directcurrent practice is demonstrated in the complete car equipment forthe operation of a truck driven by two No. 113 motors, each of200-h. p. capacity, a type embodying slight modifications of motorNo. 86 for heavy train service on the Long Island railroad. Theunit switch group is enclosed in a rectangular casing, more substan-tial than the turret box, every switch is a circuit breaker, and pro-visi
. The street railway review . tary converter, running inverted, whichreceives direct cifrrenl at 500 volts from outside the exhibitiongrounds. The latest form of Wcstinghouse multiple control for directcurrent practice is demonstrated in the complete car equipment forthe operation of a truck driven by two No. 113 motors, each of200-h. p. capacity, a type embodying slight modifications of motorNo. 86 for heavy train service on the Long Island railroad. Theunit switch group is enclosed in a rectangular casing, more substan-tial than the turret box, every switch is a circuit breaker, and pro-vision is made for changing from series to multiple operation ofthe motors without opening circuits, by a bridging system. The Illinois Traction Co. has sent checks for five per cent of theamount of salaries drawn during the past year by employes as acompliment from the company. At the annual meeting of the Rockford & Interurhan Railway board of directors and officers of the company were re-electedfor the ensuing 33; STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XV, No. 5. Electrically Operated Drawbridges. Tlio Pyniionl and Glebe Island drawbridges, both of Sidney, \V. and both connecting important centers of population, havebeen completely electrically equipped by the .Australian GeneralElectric Co., and are to-day among the finest examples of elec-trically operated drawbridges. Both are almost identical in con-struction and electrical equipment. From an electrical point of view the most interesting part of thebridge is the equipment to operate the swing span, the end lifts andthe gates. The length of the swing span is 223 ft. and its weight i,sabout PCX) tons, and although there may be larger electrically oper-ated swing spans, this is believed to he the first instance where all . ingenious latch is used to stop the swing span in its properposition upon the abutment piers. The latch is provided with heavycoiled springs so that should the moving mass be traveling at toohigh a r
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